All Municipal, Township, County, and State roadways are closed to Non-emergency personnel. No one should be out during these conditions unless it is absolutely necessary to travel. Those traveling on the roadways may subject themselves to arrest.

Roads continue to work? Are you kidding, me? Like we saw in the Northeastern Corridor over the holidays by the time the snow and blizzard were strong enough to shut down passenger rail service, the roads were already impassable and the airports had been shut down for days.

Once again, nobody claimed that roads work 100% of the time. And nobody claimed that rails shut down at the first drop of snow.

What has been shown is that roads frequently still work when streetcars/rails/etc shut down. Part of that is because if an automobile comes up against a broke down vehicle, it can take another road, or even move around it on the same road. Rail is much more limited.

Just relax and leave your car at home! Avoid the stress of driving when snow is falling. Ride the subway, catch a bus, hail a taxi, try cross country skis, or enjoy a walk in the snow. Every car left home reduces the number of stranded vehicles that slow down snow control operations. The streets will be cleared faster. And you'll be free to enjoy the winter wonderland.

Local buses will operate on regular routes as scheduled; however, some routes may be diverted to designated snow emergency routes depending upon actual snow levels.

However:

Metro Subway and Light Rail maintenance crews will continuously monitor track and catenary wire conditions and remove snow and ice accumulation. When winter weather strikes, MTA regularly uses “snow trains” during overnight hours to keep tracks clear. These are Metro or Light Rail trains that will continue to move along tracks during late night/early morning hours when the systems are closed. Additionally, snow removal crews are prepared to remove snow and ice from Metro Subway and Light Rail parking lots and station entrances and sidewalks. Mobility will operate as close to its schedule as possible.

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